The Simple Present: Yes / No Questions 4 The Simple Present: Yes / No Questions Home Life Survey

Living at Home Magazine Questionnaire Home Life Survey Living at Home Magazine Thank you! This completes our Home Life Survey. 10. Do you clean your floors every day?  YES  NO 7. Do you do the laundry by hand?  YES  NO 4. Do you wash the dishes by hand?  YES  NO Do you cook everyday?  YES  NO Thank you for taking our Home Life Survey. Please answer each question. Check ( ) YES or NO. 8. Does anyone help with the laundry?  YES  NO 11. Does anyone help with the floors?  YES  NO 5. Does anyone help with the dishes?  YES  NO 2. Does anyone help with the cooking?  YES  NO 9. Do you have a washing machine?  YES  NO Here’s your first question: 12. Do you use a vacuum cleaner?  YES  NO 3. Do you use a microwave oven?  YES  NO 6. Do you use a dishwasher?  YES  NO

Form 1 To form yes / no questions, use do or does + a subject + the base form. subject do, does base form Do you cook everyday? Does anyone help with the cooking?

Form 2 do Note the use of do and does. Do _____ clean the floors every day? I you we they

Form 3 does Note the use of do and does. Does clean the floors everyday? he she it

Practice 1 Fill in the blanks with do or does. Do Example: Do ________ you dust the furniture a lot? 1. ________ your family use the microwave oven a lot? 2. ________ you have a washing machine? 3. ________ your son wash the windows? 4. ________ your daughter watch TV a lot? 5. ________ each person in your family help out around the house? Does Do Does Does Does

Telephone Survey Do you put an electric blanket on your bed in the winter? THANK YOU!!! Good morning. I’m doing a telephone survey for “Living at Home” magazine. May I ask you a few questions? Do you use tissues? No, he doesn’t. He uses his old handkerchiefs. Yes, I do! I use it all the time! If you are married, does your husband use tissues? Do you have a microwave oven? No, I don’t, but my sister has one and she …” Yes, I do. Hello? Well, sure. Go ahead.

Short Answers We usually use short answers in conversations. No, I don’t. Yes, I do. Yes!

No, he doesn’t use tissues. I use my coffee maker all the time! Long Answers Sometimes we use long answers. No, he doesn’t use tissues. Yes. I use my coffee maker all the time!

Be Careful! Don’t use a form of be to make a question in the simple present. Do you use an electric blanket when it’s cold? Are you use an electric blanket when it’s cold?

Practice 2 Remember: Do / Does + subject + base form Look at the pictures. Make one yes/no question for each picture. Use different subjects and verbs. Then work with a partner. Ask your questions. Respond using short answers. Practice 2 Example: Remember: Do / Does + subject + base form Does your brother drive a car ? Do you have a car ? Yes, he does. No, I don’t. 6 5 1 3 7 2 4